Literature

The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 7

14th February 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Jarvis had a well-established routine and fitted in well with the headquarters staff, all of whom were senior in rank to him but accepted him as a good operator. He quickly had a handle on [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty

14th February 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Another working week and another grey day, but at least January is over and we are creeping nearer to spring and warmer weather. Bozzie was chatting away on his mobile phone over his boiled [more…]

Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 3

14th February 2021 1642again 0

The Ruinous Logic of Empire – The Mytilenian Debates and Melian Dialogue These two episodes in Thucydides’ account of the war seem to fit together, firstly the Mytilenian Debates in the Athenians Assembly in 427 [more…]

The Swaling, Part Forty Two

13th February 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

“Beau Peeper? Classy. From some kind of top-shelf magazine one hears about? The things you do for Queen and country, Worth.” I’m showing Natasha my exhibit ‘A’, a newspaper cutting I hope will persuade her [more…]

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Five

12th February 2021 Going Postal 0

Ever since last week’s “Whist Night” Jinnie had been thinking over what she had heard. How could it be true that the Germans had exterminated all those people and nobody in England talked about it? [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

12th February 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 11th February 2021 Panel: Michael Forsyth (Conservative) Ian Murray (Labour) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Angela Haggerty (Journalist) Jeanne Freeman (SNP) Venue: Scotland Given the venue, your humble author, through gritted teeth, must begin this [more…]